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·February 13, 2014·5 min read

Herding Robots

Researchers develop a new system which allows fleets of robots to collaborate in new and unprecedented ways.

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·February 7, 2014·5 min read

Computer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without Seeing

Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.

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·November 22, 2013·3 min read

Chaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like Computing

Unexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers supports a new approach to information storage and processing known as memcomputing.

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·November 22, 2013·3 min read

Carnegie Mellon Computer Searches Web 24/7 To Analyze Images and Teach Itself Common Sense

The Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) computer program is able to label images and learn associations with little human intervention.

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·November 1, 2013·5 min read

Synaptic Transistor Learns While it Computes

A new brain inspired device, which learns while it computes, could take parallel computing into a new era of ultra efficient high performance.

The image shows Nabil Simaan testing a surgical robot that he designed.

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·October 25, 2013·5 min read

NRI Grant Will Provide Surgical Robots With a New Level of Machine Intelligence

The NRI is providing researchers with a $3.6 million grant to help develop a new kind of machine intelligence for surgical robotics.

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·September 16, 2013·2 min read

Researchers Study How and Where Imagination Occurs in Human Brains

A new neuroimaging study measures how humans manipulate mental imagery.

The K computer at the RIKEN Kobe campus.

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·August 2, 2013·3 min read

Largest Neuronal Network Simulation Achieved Using K Computer

Researchers have carried out the largest general neural network simulation to date using the computational power of the K computer.

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·July 22, 2013·2 min read

Chips that Mimic the Brain

Researchers developed a new micro-chip that mimics information processing in the brain in real time.

The image shows a brain made up of computer chips.

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·July 15, 2013·2 min read

Computer Smart as a 4-Year-Old

Researchers have IQ tested one of the best available AI systems and discover it's as smart as the average 4-year-old child.

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·July 11, 2013·3 min read

Daydreaming Simulated by Computer Model

Researchers have created a computer model based on the dynamics of brain cells and its neural connections. They hope the model will help them understand why certain portions of the brain work together when a person daydreams.